Composers – B
Composers: Baadsvik - Baxter
- Baadsvik, Øystein (b.1966)
- Babai, Béla (1914-97)
- Bacalov, Luis Enríquez (1933–2017)
- Bacarisse, Salvador (1898–1963)
- Bacewicz, Grazyna (1909–69)
- Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714–88)
- Bach, Johann Christian (1735–82)
- Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)
- Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann (1710–84)
- Bacharach, Burt (b.1929)
- Bäck, Sven-Erik (1919–94)
- Backer, Wouter de (b.1980)
- Backman, Hjalmar (1882-1935)
- Badalamenti, Angelo (b.1937)
- Badarzewska-Baranowska, Tekla (1834–61)
- Badelt, Klaus (b.1967)
- Baerwald, David (b.1960)
- Bagley, Edwin Eugene (1857-1922)
- Bahler, Tom (b.1943)
- Bak, Frans (b. 1962)
- Baker, David (1931–2016)
- Baker, Gloria Shayne (1923-2008)
- Baker, Richard (b.1972)
- Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich (1837–1910)
- Balakrishnan, David (b.1954)
- Balázs, Árpád (b.1937)
- Balbastre, Claude (1724–99)
- Balcarce, Emilio (1918-2011)
- Balfe, Michael William (1808–70)
- Balissat, Jean (1936-2007)
- Ball, Ernest R (1878–1927)
- Ballard, Pat (1899-1960)
- Balmages, Brian (b.1975)
- Balogh, József (b.1956)
- Bangalter, Thomas (b. 1975)
- Banks, Don (1923–80)
- Banks, Tony (b.1950)
- Barbara (1930–97)
- Barber, Samuel (1910–81)
- Barbieri, Francisco Asenjo (1823–94)
- Barbieri, Gato (1932-2016)
- Barbieri, Maximo (1914-99)
- Barcelata, Lorenzo (1898-1943)
- Bardi, Agustin (1884–1941)
- Bareilles, Sara (b.1979)
- Bargoni, Camillo
- Barker, Guy (b.1957)
- Barker, Warren (1923-2006)
- Barnard, John (b.1948)
- Barnby, Joseph (1838–96)
- Barnes, Billy (1927-2012)
- Barnes, James (b.1949)
- Barnes, Paul
- Barnes Chance, John (1932-72)
- Barnhouse, Charles Lloyd 'Charlie' (1865–1929)
- Barratt, Carol (b.1945)
- Barrera, Abraham
- Barrett, Richard (b.1959)
- Barrière, Alain (b.1935)
- Barrios Mangoré, Agustín (1885–1944)
- Barris, Harry (1905–62)
- Barroso, Ary (1903–64)
- Barry, John (1933–2011)
- Barsotti, Roger (1901-86)
- Bart, Lionel (1930–99)
- Barth, Richard (1850-1923)
- Bartók, Béla (1881–1945)
- Barton, William (b.1981)
- Bartsch, Nat
- Basie, William "Count" (1904–84)
- Bass, George
- Bass, Randol Alan (b.1953)
- Bates, Django (b.1960)
- Bates, Tyler (b.1965)
- Bates, William (fl.1750-80)
- Bath, Hubert (1883–1945)
- Batiste, Alvin (1932-2007)
- Battiato, Franco (b.1945)
- Baumann, Christoph (b. 1954)
- Baxter, Les (1922–96)
Composers: Bayes - Binder
- Bayes, Nora (1880–1928)
- Bayley, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839)
- Baynes, Sydney (1879-1938)
- Bazzini, Antonio (1818–97)
- Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney (1867–1944)
- Beal, Jeff (b.1963)
- Béart, Guy
- Beasley, John (b.1960)
- Bebey, Francis (1929-2001)
- Becce, Giuseppe (1881-1945)
- Bechet, Sidney (1897–1959)
- Beck, Bunny
- Beck, Christophe (b.1972)
- Beck, Thomas (1899–1963)
- Beckenstein, Jay (b.1951)
- Becker, Bob (b.1947)
- Becker, Irene (b.1954)
- Becker, Markus (b.1963)
- Bedford, David (1937–2011)
- Beeferman, Gordon (b.1967)
- Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770–1827)
- Beffa, Karol (b.1973)
- Behrman, David (b.1937)
- Beiderbecke, Bix (1903–31)
- Beirach, Richard (b.1947)
- Belasco, Lionel (1881-1967)
- Bell, John Lamberton (b.1949)
- Bellinati, Paulo (b.1959)
- Bellini, Vincenzo (1801–35)
- Bellman, Carl Michael (1740–95)
- Bellow, Bella (1945-73)
- Bellson, Louie (b.1924)
- Beltrami, Marco (b.1966)
- Ben, Jorge (b.1942)
- Ben Jor, Jorge (b.1942)
- Benatzky, Ralph (Rudolph Josef Frantisek) (1884–1957)
- Benjamin, Arthur (1893–1960)
- Benjamin, Claude A. 'Bennie' (1907-1989)
- Bennard, George (1873-1958)
- Bennett, Lou (b. 1960)
- Bennett, Richard Rodney (1936–2012)
- Benoit, David (b.1953)
- Berg, Alban (1885–1935)
- Berg, Gunnar (1909–89)
- Bergamo, John (1940-2013)
- Berge, Håkon (b.1954)
- Berger, Karl (b.1935)
- Berger, Michel (1947-92)
- Bergin, Anders
- Bergman, Stephan (1901–64)
- Bergquist, Thomas
- Berio, Luciano (1925–2003)
- Berking, Willy (1910-79)
- Berlin, Irving (1888–1989)
- Berlioz, Hector (1803–69)
- Bern, Alan (b.1955)
- Bernaola, Carmelo (1929–2002)
- Bernard, Felix (1897–1944)
- Berne, Tim (b.1954)
- Bernie, Ben (1891-1943)
- Berns, Bert (1929-67)
- Bernstein, Elmer (1922–2004)
- Bernstein, Leonard (1918–90)
- Bersa, Blagoje (1873–1934)
- Berthier, Jacques (1923–94)
- Berthomieu, Marc (1906–91)
- Bertiz, Santiago
- Bertrand, Antoine de (c.1530–c.1581)
- Bertrand, Pierre (b. 1972)
- Betinotti, José (1878-1915)
- Beutler, Irmhild (b.1966)
- Beytelmann, Gustavo (b.1945)
- Bhagwati, Sandeep (b.1963)
- Bianco, Eduardo Vicente (1892-1959)
- Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (1644–1704)
- Biebl, Franz (1906–2001)
- Biermann, Wolf (b.1936)
- Bihari, János (1764-1827)
- Billings, William (1746–1800)
- Binder, Abraham Wolf (1895–1966)
Composers: Binelli - Bovio
- Binelli, Daniel (b.1946)
- Binge, Ronald (1910–79)
- Bingen, Hildegard von (1098–1179)
- Binsbergen, Corrie van (b.1957)
- Birtwistle, Harrison (1934–2022)
- Bishop, Henry Rowley (1786–1855)
- Bittner, Walter
- Bittova, Iva (b.1958)
- Bixio, Cesare Andrea (1896–1978)
- Bizet, Georges (1838–75)
- Bjarnason, Daníel (b.1979)
- Björk (b.1965)
- Björk, Torgny (b.1938)
- Bjørklund, Terje (b. 1945)
- Bjørnstad, Ketil (b.1952)
- Black, Mark
- Black, Stanley (1913–2002)
- Blak, Kristian (b.1947)
- Blake, Arthur (1925-94)
- Blake, Dan
- Blake, David (b.1936)
- Blake, Eubie (1887–1983)
- Blake, Howard (b.1938)
- Blake, James (b. 1988)
- Blake, Michael (b.1951)
- Blake, Ran (b.1935)
- Bland, Edward (1926–2013)
- Blanter, Matvei Isaakovich (1903–90)
- Blatný, Pavel (1931-2021)
- Blazquez, Eladia (1931–2005)
- Bleckmann, Theo (b. 1966)
- Bley, Carla (b.1936)
- Bliss, Arthur (1891–1975)
- Blitzstein, Marc (1905–64)
- Blom, Jasper (b.1965)
- Blon, Franz von (1861–1945)
- Bloom, Jane Ira (b.1955)
- Bloom, Rube (1902–76)
- Boccherini, Luigi (1743–1805)
- Bocelli, Andrea
- Bochmann, Werner (1900–93)
- Bock, Jerrold Lewis 'Jerry' (1928–2010)
- Body, Jack (1944–2015)
- Boëllmann, Léon (1862–97)
- Boeuf, Pascal Le (b. 1986)
- Bogoslovsky, Nikita Vladimirovich (1913–2004)
- Bohm, Carl (1844–1920)
- Böhm, Rainer (b.1952)
- Böhme, Oskar (1870–1938)
- Böhmelt, Harald (1900-82)
- Boito, Arrigo (1842–1918)
- Boksay, János (1874-1940)
- Bolcom, William (b.1938)
- Boles, Frank W
- Bolling, Claude (b.1930)
- Bonato, Giovanni (b.1961)
- Bonaventura, Daniele Di (b. 1955)
- Bonfa, Luiz Floriano (1922–2001)
- Boone, Benjamin (b.1963)
- Booth, Barry
- Booth, Paul
- Bootz, Erwin (1907-82)
- Borda, Luis (b.1955)
- Borges, Raúl (1882-1967)
- Borne, François (1840–1920)
- Bornelh, Giraut de (c.1138–1215)
- Borodin, Alexander Porfiryevich (1833–87)
- Bosco, João (b.1946)
- Botsford, George W (1874-1949)
- Bottegari, Cosimo (1554–1620)
- Bottesini, Giovanni (1821–89)
- Boulanger, Georges (1893–1958)
- Boulanger, Lili (1893–1918)
- Boulanger, Nadia (1887–1979)
- Bourdin, Roger (1900-73)
- Bourgeois, Derek (1941–2017)
- Bourland, Roger (b.1952)
- Bourtayre, Henri (1915-2009)
- Bovet, Joseph (1879-1951)
- Bovio, Libero (1883–1942)
Composers: Bowie - Burgh
- Bowie, David (1947–2016)
- Bowles, Paul (1910–99)
- Bowman, Euday Louis (1887–1949)
- Bowyer, Don
- Boyer, Lucien (1876-1942)
- Bozza, Eugène (1905–91)
- Braam, Michiel (b.1964)
- Bracaval, Stefan (b.1967)
- Brachel, Peter von
- Brackett, Joseph (1797-1882)
- Bradbury, William Batchelder (1816–68)
- Braden, Carmen (b.1985)
- Bradford, John
- Braga, Gaetano (1829–1907)
- Bragato, José (1915–2017)
- Brahe (aka Stanley Dickson), May H (1884–1956)
- Brahms, Johannes (1833–97)
- Brand, Max (1896-1980)
- Brandman, Margaret (b.1951)
- Brandwein, Naftule (1884-1963)
- Brassens, Georges (1921-81)
- Braxton, Anthony (b.1945)
- Braxton, Tyondai (b. 1978)
- Bræin, Edvard Fliflet (1924–72)
- Brecker, Randy (b.1945)
- Bregovic, Goran (b.1959)
- Breinschmid, Georg (b.1973)
- Brel, Jacques (1929–78)
- Bremner, Robert (1713–89)
- Bretón, Tomás (1850–1923)
- Briccialdi, Giulio (1818–81)
- Bricusse, Leslie (b.1931)
- Bridge, Frank (1879–1941)
- Briseno, Severiano (1902-88)
- Brittelle, William (b.1977)
- Britten, Benjamin (1913–76)
- Broadbent, Derek
- Broberg, Bosse (b.1937)
- Broberg, Robert (1940-2015)
- Brodszky, Nicholas (1905–58)
- Broege, Timothy (b.1947)
- Brooks, Mel (b.1926)
- Brooks, Shelton (1886–1975)
- Broughton, Bruce (b.1945)
- Brouwer, Leo (b.1939)
- Brown, Chris (b.1953)
- Brown, Earle (1926–2002)
- Brown, James (b.1933)
- Brown, Les (1912-2001)
- Brown, Nacio Herb (1896–1964)
- Browning, Zack (b.1953)
- Bruant, Aristide (1851-1925)
- Brubeck, Dave (1920–2012)
- Brubeck, Howard (1916-93)
- Bruch, Max (1838–1920)
- Bruckner, Anton (1824–96)
- Brudno, Abraham M (1874-1967)
- Brühne, Lothar (1900-1958)
- Brumel, Antoine (c.1450–1512)
- Brunner, Martin
- Bruun, Peter (b.1968)
- Bryan, Frederick M (fl. 1914)
- Bryant, Steven (b.1972)
- Bryars, Gavin (b.1943)
- Brymn, James Tim (1881-1946)
- Buarque, Chico (b.1944)
- Bucchino, John
- Buccino, Dario (b. 1968)
- Buckley, Linda
- Buckley, Robert
- Budd, Harold (b.1936)
- Budd, Roy (1947-93)
- Bugatch, Samuel (1898-1984)
- Bukvich, Svjetlana (b.1967)
- Buley, David
- Bulgach, Gustavo
- Bull, John (1562–1628)
- Bull, Ole (1810–80)
- Bullard, Alan (b.1947)
- Burgh, Chris de (b.1948)
Composers: Burgon - Byron
- Burgon, Geoffrey (1941–2010)
- Burhans, Caleb (b.1980)
- Burian, Frantisek E. (1904–59)
- Burke, Joe (1884-1950)
- Burke, John (b.1951)
- Burke, Sonny (Joseph Francis) (1914–80)
- Burkhard, Paul (1911–77)
- Burleigh, Harry Thacker (1866–1949)
- Burman, Rahul Dev (b.1939)
- Burnett, Ernie (1884-1959)
- Burns, Reynard (b.1946)
- Burns, Robert (1759–96)
- Burt, Alfred (1920–54)
- Burtner, Matthew (b.1971)
- Burton, James (b.1974)
- Burwell, Carter (b.1954)
- Bush, Kate (b.1958)
- Busnois, Antoine (1430–92)
- Bustamante, Fernando (1915-79)
- Butler, Henry (d.1652)
- Butterworth, George (1885–1916)
- Buttolph, David (1902-83)
- Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637–1707)
- Buzzi-Peccia, Arturo (1854–1943)
- Buzzolla, Antonio (1815–71)
- Byrd, Charlie (1925-99)
- Byrd, Donald
- Byrd, Joseph (b.1937)
- Byrd, William (c.1540–1623)
- Byron, Don (b.1958)
- Byron, Michael (b.1953)
